For decades, commercial cards have provided card issuers with high fee income and strong P&Ls. The market is growing and evolving, with virtual cards as the primary driver. Virtual cards, which offer businesses an efficient and secure way to make payments without…
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As you start strategic planning this August, consider this: automated, data-driven lending is no longer a future vision—it’s happening now. In our Commercial Banking Top Trends for 2024, we spotlight this critical trend shaping the industry’s future. This three-part blog series looks…
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Interest rates and inflation are on everyone’s minds. Cost-conscious customers want to see value for their money and don’t want to pay for what they don’t use. Companies, in turn, are looking to better align their pricing with costs. Even as budgets…
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In part one of my blog, I explored how current macroeconomic events are akin to a solar storm and the Northern Lights are the manifestation of the banking industry’s reaction to uncertainty. In part two, I will discuss key areas banks should…
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Ella Fitzgerald was one of the first, in the ‘30s, to have a hit with the song ‘Ain’t What You Do, It’s the Way That You Do It’. The fact that legions of musicians have and continue to record it tells me…
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Following the release of our new report, “The age of AI: Banking’s new reality”, I sat down with my team to discuss how generative AI is reshaping the banking industry. It sparked an interesting conversation about current adoption journeys, strategic priorities, and…
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If it wasn’t already apparent, the sudden emergence of generative AI has certainly confirmed it: the ability to quickly respond to new challenges and opportunities is a critical attribute of any successful organization, including banks. The agility that allows an organization to…
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In May of 2024, the Aurora Borealis, also known as the Northern Lights were on full display for the largest proportion of the United States in decades. The Northern Lights are caused by geomagnetic flairs or “solar storms” from the sun, which…
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We’re all still trying to get our heads around the big question confronting all commercial bankers right now: how and where will generative AI have the greatest impact? In our recent analysis of the top trends shaping the industry in 2024, we…
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Spring is a time when most people, bankers included, take a fresh look at the challenges they face and tackle them with renewed vigor. Commercial banking should be on this year’s spring-cleaning list. While it is often the bank’s largest revenue generator,…
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The pace of change is not slowing down. Customers’ expectations have radically changed, and they expect much more from their banking products and services than ever before. To maintain relevance, bank...
One year after ChatGPT’s public launch, generative AI is probably still the hottest topic in the world of business—and with good reason. Research suggests gen AI could add almost $7 trillion to global...
The years-long ISO 20022 journey has achieved a major milestone this year: it is now being used for cross-border payments. The new standard successfully launched globally in March 2023 with SWIFT CBPR...
PSD2 helped drive electronic payment and data-sharing volumes while enhancing security. So why is the EU proposing to enhance it with the new Payment Services Directive 3 (PSD3) and Payment Services ...
In their first post, “It’s now or never: Time for central banks to embrace change,” my colleagues Rohit Mathew and Oliver Reppel explored why central banks need to transform digitally to ensure they c...
Spring is a time when most people, bankers included, take a fresh look at the challenges they face and tackle them with renewed vigor. Commercial banking should be on this year’s spring-cleaning list....
Early trials with generative AI show that the tangle of legacy code that hinders every aspect of the transformation of banks’ core products and services could be quickly and effectively resolved. By ...
With 2023 in the rearview mirror, we can look back on the year with 20/20 clarity. This year saw banks confronting multiple risks, some foreseeable and others less so. If the year has taught us anythi...
It’s an open secret in payments that the commercial client experience is often second-class, far surpassed in both innovation and investment by consumer offerings. For years this disparity didn’t reac...
We’re all still trying to get our heads around the big question confronting all commercial bankers right now: how and where will generative AI have the greatest impact? In our recent analysis of the t...
